Standard: 8.1 - All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaboratively to creat and communicate knowledge.
Strand A - Technology Operations and Concepts.
CPI - 8.1.8.A4 - Generate a Spreadsheet to calculate, graph and present information.
CPI - 8.1.8A5 - Select the appropriate tools and digital resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and to solve problems.
Strand E - Research and Information Fluency
CPI - 8.1.8E1 - Gather and analyze findings to produce a possible solution for a content related or real world problem using data collection technology.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Enter data in a spreadsheet
2. Manipulate rows and columns (width, height, orientation, Auto fit
3. Edit cell attributes - text directions, data type, text format.
4. Manipulate cell borders - Line, split cells.
5. Apply formulas
6. Create "if, then" statements to demonstrate logical programming.
7. Create and manipulate a chart or a table.
8. Create a pivot table.
9. Apply sorting
10. Apply filtering
11. How to use the help menu.
Activities
1. Modeling of each above function by instructor.
2. Provide data to be created in a spreadsheet and graphed.
3. Create a spreadsheet that tracks baseball statistics.
4. Mail Merge
5. Collect and record weather data around the world. Analyze the results and report on it.
6. Create a stock portfolio and track the results.
7. Collect data for any core subject area project and analyze the results.
8. Student created traning materials for each objective - Instructions or screencasts.
9. Exploration of the help menu.
Assessment:
1. Quiz
2. Provide data and ask students to create a spreadsheet, chart and analysis of the data using excel.
3. Rubrics for projects
Excel
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Standards:
Standard: 8.1 - All students will use digital tools to access, manage, evaluate, and synthesize information in order to solve problems individually and collaboratively to creat and communicate knowledge.
Strand A - Technology Operations and Concepts.
CPI - 8.1.8.A4 - Generate a Spreadsheet to calculate, graph and present information.
CPI - 8.1.8A5 - Select the appropriate tools and digital resources to accomplish a variety of tasks and to solve problems.
Strand E - Research and Information Fluency
CPI - 8.1.8E1 - Gather and analyze findings to produce a possible solution for a content related or real world problem using data collection technology.
Objectives: Students will be able to:
1. Enter data in a spreadsheet
2. Manipulate rows and columns (width, height, orientation, Auto fit
3. Edit cell attributes - text directions, data type, text format.
4. Manipulate cell borders - Line, split cells.
5. Apply formulas
6. Create "if, then" statements to demonstrate logical programming.
7. Create and manipulate a chart or a table.
8. Create a pivot table.
9. Apply sorting
10. Apply filtering
11. How to use the help menu.
Activities
1. Modeling of each above function by instructor.
2. Provide data to be created in a spreadsheet and graphed.
3. Create a spreadsheet that tracks baseball statistics.
4. Mail Merge
5. Collect and record weather data around the world. Analyze the results and report on it.
6. Create a stock portfolio and track the results.
7. Collect data for any core subject area project and analyze the results.
8. Student created traning materials for each objective - Instructions or screencasts.
9. Exploration of the help menu.
Assessment:
1. Quiz
2. Provide data and ask students to create a spreadsheet, chart and analysis of the data using excel.
3. Rubrics for projects
Resources:
1. Excel baseball lesson plans.
2. Mail merge instructions
3. Rubrics for projects
4. Classrooms the EXCEL - a Large listing of excel resources - http://www.sabine.k12.la.us/class/excel_resources.htm
5. A Searchable Database of MS Excel Lessons - http://www.microsoft.com/education/lessonplans.mspx
6. Excel worksheets and tutorials - http://www.internet4classrooms.com/on-line_excel.htm
7. Listing of MS office lesson plans - http://lessonplans.btskinner.com/computer.html
8. Excel Tutorials - http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/spreadsheetlessonplans/Spreadsheet_Lesson_Plans.htm